Updated Articles

  1. Visualizations: Pie Chart

    DevResults has 3 main types of Indicator Visualizations: Graph (Targets and Actuals Graph) Map (Choropleth or Graduated Symbols Map) Pie (Pie Chart) The Pie Chart produces a pie or donut-shaped graph that displays a single reporting peri...
  2. Tags and Sectors

    DevResults offers two multi-purpose tools for organizing, sorting, and filtering information: tags  and sectors defined by users.  Tags  enable users to filter activities, data tables, indicators, locations, organizations, and photos (as well ...
  3. How do I handle baseline assessment and evaluation reporting?

    Most monitoring indicators are collected at regular intervals, such as annually, quarterly, or monthly. If you have indicators that are only collected irregularly, for instance as part of a baseline assessment or impact evaluation, you may only wa...
  4. Troubleshooting Checklist

    You or one of your users has issues logging into DevResults and not being able to report data. This quick checklist will walk you through the most common causes for this issue and how to think about investigating problems in DevResults in general. ...
  5. Budget

    Jump to information about: Activity Budget Tab Activity Index Activity Budget Tab Each activity has a budget tab for planning budgeting, tracking deliverables, and recording disbursements. We've described the intent and function of e...
  6. Configuration Guide

    If you're just getting started with DevResults, we have several articles on Site Setup to help you. This covers how we work, how we create your site, how we conduct trainings, etc.  Once your site is set up, you can begin configuring it. Si...
  7. FAQ

    This page provides information and answers to frequent questions we receive from users. Can I substantively change an indicator? Should I add unknown as a disaggregation category? Can I add or edit disaggregation categories? Why do I hav...
  8. DevResults Data Security

    We take the security of our customers data very seriously at DevResults. DevResults is hosted on Microsoft Azure as a Platform as a Service offering, and all data in transit and at rest are encrypted by default. You can read more about Azure's encry...
  9. Custom Queries

    Custom queries are reports designed by users and built by DevResults staff to provide folks with additional ways of organizing program information. While DevResults offers many built-in tools for examining program information, there might be some wa...
  10. Formatting Text

    DevResults enables you to format text in narrative fields using a system called Markdown. Markdown uses simple characters to create emphasis, lists, headers, links, and images. If you use forms to generate reports from DevResults, the exported Wor...